An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Nancy Kyes
- Sandy Fadel
- (as Nancy Loomis)
John F. Goff
- Al Williams
- (as John Goff)
John Vick
- Sheriff David Simms
- (as John Vic)
Jim Jacobus
- Mayor
- (as Jay Jacobs)
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- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAdrienne Barbeau patterned her voice after Alison Steele, who was a female disc jockey from the 1960s who was known as the Nightbird.
- GoofsIn a few scenes, Dan the local weatherman is tracking the fog bank on his weather radar, and giving reports. Weather radars have never been able to detect fog. Today's most powerful state-of-the-art NEXRAD radars are sensitive enough to detect bugs, birds, and smoke plumes, but still not fog.
- Quotes
[a tape recording of K-A-B promos has just slowed down]
Blake's Voice: Something that one lives with like an albatross round the neck. No, more like a millstone. A plumbing stone, by God! Damn them all!
Featured review
A frightening film
The Fog is an instant horror classic from the first scene- a salty, old sailor tells a group of young children the true story of a ghostly, wrecked ship. The scene was so simple yet so thrilling that the viewer is hooked (no pun intended) for the rest of the film. The cast is great and the music sets the tone just as it did for Halloween. The best part of the film is that it made no attempt to explain everything away in a hokey horror sense (Why are the bodies returning to life?). Things happen simply because they happen. Much like Night of the Living Dead, the characters are not concerned with why they are in danger, but more concerned with getting out of danger. On a side note, John Carpenter has the best endings of any filmmaker on the market. Just as Halloween and The Thing both ended with a sense of foreboding and silent terror, The Fog ends with style and allows the viewer one final scare. A definite hit!!!
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- Batman-36
- Apr 28, 1999
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- Also known as
- John Carpenter's The Fog
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,448,782
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,565
- Oct 28, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $21,448,830
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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